Unravel The Mystery Of Hock Pain
Hock problems are an extremely common lameness in any active horse, regardless of discipline, because of their complexity. Afflictions range from mild “strain” to bursitis to degenerative arthritic conditions. It’s…
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Osphos: The Latest Navicular Drug
…log on the hard floors of horse trailers. Team roping horses, in particular—both jackpot and rodeo—have a tendency to come up lame, not only due to soft-tissue injuries but often…
Noteworthy: 11/03
…produce a grade 5/5 lameness (nonweightbearing, “three legged lame”). An hour after inducing the lameness, capsaicin cream was applied to the back of the pastern over the medial and lateral…
Managing Tendons: It Doesn’t Have To Be A Stretch
…a horse over exerts itself and tears its tendon. Tendon Healing. The three main stages of tendon healing are 1. Inflammation (heat, pain upon touch, swelling, lameness), 2. Repair or…
Dangers Of Mixing NSAIDs
…Missouri, looked at single or combined drug treatments in 29 horses with naturally occurring front or hind leg lameness. In 24 hours, there was more improvement after the combination than…
Managing Tendons: It Doesn’t Have To Be A Stretch
…a horse over exerts itself and tears its tendon. Tendon Healing. The three main stages of tendon healing are 1. Inflammation (heat, pain upon touch, swelling, lameness), 2. Repair or…
Letters: 11/02
…-Anne T. Barnett New Jersey ———- Mystery Lameness The letter in the August issue about Ed, the horse with the chronic lameness, rang an old bell in my mind. I…
Shock-Wave Therapy Has Its Limits
…horses with navicular syndrome were treated and followed for six months. At six months, 81% of horses improved when evaluated trotting in a straight line, 70% improvement in lameness on…
Diagnostic Advancements: No More “Foot Sore” Diagnoses
Foot pain is a frustrating lameness to diagnose. Until recently — unless laminitis with rotation, ringbone or navicular disease were evident on X-rays — the horse was likely to be…
Ask Horse Journal: 09/04
Right-Front Lameness I run a barn that includes 35 horses. They include a number of different breeds, and we seem to have a huge outbreak of coffin-joint arthritis. What do…
